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January 05, 2013

Voices From Krypton has relaunched with a whole new look at VoicesFromKrypton.net. Just click HERE to be brought over to the newest headlines pertaining to Superman, Man of Steel and the Justice League on Film.

September 10, 2012

In an interview with The Canadian Press, actor Michael Shannon was asked about his role of General Zod in Man of Steel (which will probably be the case until the film is released next June). While he didn't say much, he would allow, "It was a jump for me, because that's such a huge responsibility in such a big film. I was suspicious of it originally and it did in fact take a while for me to finally get the job - a lot of people had to sign off on it. It wasn't something I pursued necessarily, it kind of just surprised me. But once I finally got the job and started working on it I was very happy to be doing it. I'm sure excited for it to come out because not only will it be a blockbuster, but I think it's going to be a really great movie."
Meanwhile, Amy Adams was interviewed by Collider and revealed about the film and her role of Lois Lane, "It was great. It was really good. Henry [Cavill] - I hope you guys love him as Superman - worked so hard. He is just yummy and really committed to the role. He really did a good job. I haven't seen the final cut and I have only seen a couple of the teasers. So I am with you guys. I know it because I was there but there was so much that I wasn't involved in that I can't wait to see. [Lois] is definitely a pistol still and she definitely gets herself in a lot of trouble still. But she is not as competitive, I would say, with Clark."

September 09, 2012

No doubt for the next week or so the Internet is going to be on fire with word that Joseph Gordon-Levitt will be interested in playing Batman in Warner/DC's currently-in-development Justice League film, but watching the original source video from MTV you can see exactly how the question was posed to him.

September 07, 2012

1OneMinuteNews reports the following: "Christopher Wietrick, from Hutchinson, Kansas, wants to change the name of their sleepy little farm town to Smallville. Yes, that's the fictitious Kansas town where Clark Kent became Superman. It's cool, odd and they better rock it out to get people to flock to basically the middle of nowhere. The most important part is that it's for fun and for charity as Christopher states in his comment below... all proceeds go to the Boys and Girls Club, and that's the coolest part. Sounds like a good place.
Come to think of it, this is a lot like our expectations and obsession with politics and finding our own superman. Someone who can solve the country's problems in a single four year bound! We think that a name change will do the trick, make everything new and different. Are we crazy? Maybe... but it's fun. It's why we go see a new movie about the same superhero time after time, sequel after sequel, over and over. It's the American way!"

September 06, 2012

We're not sure how long Warner Bros. will allow this to remain on YouTube, but here for your viewing pleasure is the premiere episode of the George Reeves series, The Adventures of Superman. For a couple of generations he truly was the Man of Steel.

Vulture is reporting that a new Wonder Woman series is in the earliest stages of development at the CW, home of Smallville and this fall's Arrow. Notes the stie, "Our sources say the new take on the comic book crime fighter is being written by Allan Heinberg (Grey's Anatomy, The O.C.) under the working title Amazon. Unlike past TV incarnations, it will focus on Wonder Woman as a young, budding superhero, rather than a fully formed defender of liberty. (Think Smallville, but instead of a 'no tights, no flights' rule, this show might have a "no bracelets, no crown" mandate.) Heinberg seems a logical candidate for the job: His resume includes work on the kinds of soapy dramas the CW favors as well as comic-geek street cred (he wrote the Young Avengers comic book series back in 2005).
It should be noted that CW is only developing a script at this point; no pilot production has been greenlit or even contractually guaranteed." For more, click HERE.

In an interview with MTV News, actor Michael Shannon (General Zod in Man of Steel) discusses the bit of footage from the film that he's seen, and shares his feeling about working with Henry Cavill. He describes the situation as one in which he's standing there with Superman as opposed to someone pretending to be Superman.

Whatculture.com has come up with a list of 10 things that Zack Snyder's Man of Steel must avoid from Bryan Singer's 2006 production of Superman Returns. We present itmes 6-10 of that list.10. METROPOLIS:Superman Returns tried very hard – mostly successfully – to establish Metropolis as a city that is in every way a match for a real-life metropolis like New York City. (Something that Tim Burton famously ignored by creating a shockingly empty Gotham City for his 1989 Batman). What the movie forgets to do, is to populate this Metropolis with real people. People who react to the events around them in a believable way. That doesn’t just mean running away from a gas line exploding underneath your feet, screaming in terror, and managing to only come across as either victims or apathetic. Other than for a few newspaper articles and a nice standing ovation at a ballgame, Metropolis hardly seems to acknowledge or care that the hero of their city has returned. We have to know what it is that Superman spends his life protecting, if we’re going to be asked to care about the outcome. A hero is nothing if he has nothing worthwhile to save. Man of Steel owes us a Metropolis with some character.

JL8 (formerly known as Little League) is Yale Stewart's wonderful online comic that takes the Justice League characters and puts them in elementary school. Why DC/Warners hasn't picked this one up for an animated series is anyone's guess. But in the meantime, take a look at strip #1. To check them all out, click HERE. And to see a larger version of the strip, just click on it.

Michael Shannon, who plays General zod in Man of Steel, will next be seen in The Iceman, which is based on the true story of contract killer Kuklinski and spans from the 1960s to the 1980s. Also starring is Winona Ryder, Ray Liotta and Captain America himself, Chris Evans.

September 04, 2012

One minute they're locking lips on the cover of Justice League #12, the next they're beating the crap out fo each other in the game Injustice: Gods Among Us. Checkout the game's walkthrough featuring a battle between Superman and Wonder Woman.

Geoff Boucher's Hero Complex features an interview he conducted with veteran artist Neal Adams regarding the collaboration Adams did with writer Denny O'Neil on the 1978 one-shot comic book special, Superman vs. Muhammad Ali. In this video interview, Adams details how the project came about, its intent and a few other secrets about its making.

When word reaches you that both Diane Lane and Michael Shannon (Martha Kent and Zod, respectively) are returning to Chicago, where they shot June 2013's Man of Steel, the first concern is that it's for reshoots. In truth, their return to the Windy City has nothing at all to do with Superman. Instead, as reported by the Chicago Tribune, the lure is of a different kind. "Diane Lane and Michael Shannon will both return this fall in the name of theater," offers the paper/site.
"Lane will star in the Goodman Theatre’s production of Sweet Bird of Youth Sept. 14-Oct. 25 and will be on hand for Goodman’s Season Opening Benefit Sept. 24... [Shannon] will co-host A Red Orchid Theatre’s 20th anniversary gala Nov. 12 at Sunda and The Underground. Next year, Shannon, who co-founded the Old Town theater, is scheduled to star in A Red Orchid’s production of Simpatico June 13-July 28."

Cineplex magazine has conducted an interview with actor Henry Cavill, in which he talks briefly on his role as Superman in Zack Snyder's Man of Steel, coming to theatres next summer. “What I can say is that it’s a modernization of the character and a very realistic view of one, obviously, very fantastic individual,” he said. “It’s an unreal situation, but it’s approached from a very practical viewpoint. We wanted to make the character easier to identify with. It’s important to do the role justice. There are a lot of people relying on me to do this well. I gladly accept that responsibility, and it’s a great one to have because it’s a wonderful opportunity. I don’t let the pressures get to me because that’s going to hinder my performance and, therefore, let people down. So I choose to ignore the pressure side of it and focus on doing justice to Superman.”